What you think

I would have to agree with Cassie and Josh when they say what Montaigne is trying to say is that it, or life, is all open to ones interpretation. What really caught my eye is when Montaigne was trying to explain what is barbarous in the nation. In paragraph nine, he starts off by saying what he thinks. To be exact he says, “…I think there is nothing barbarous and savage in that nation, from what I have been told, except that each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice…” To me, the two words or phrases that stick out in that sentence are I think and from what I have been told. The way I interpreted it is that he is trying to say that there is no particular way to tell what barbarism is. Who is to say what is barbarous and what is not barbarous? There is no exact or definite answer. What also caught my attention is when Montaigne, in paragraph ten, said “These nations, then, seem to me barbarous in this sense…” Again, the key word or phrase in this sentence is, seem to me. This tells the reader, again, that there is no direct answer to that question of what is barbarous. I believe that the author, in this case Montaigne, is trying to say that one has to look at things through their own perspective and own views to make a thought or interpretation about it. People or researchers can present the reader with facts of things but only the actual reader can make their own opinion or judgment based on their interpretation.